GameBred
I Trade Therefore I Am
According to DRPM, he is and by margin. I'm here to tell you that he isn't but he did get screwed 2x for DPOY. He still could probably be the best defensive player in the game but he'd be dead by Playoffs.
So for all the morons, like I've been telling you for years, the Dude can D-up so stop extrapolating from these silly ESPN outtakes of the Kings Hand pushing him to a close-out. That year, he was a plus Defender and what they won't show you on the highlights is two out of three plays before that "close-out" push, LBJ had a hand in creating two turnovers. I believe that was the game because I knew once the Kings Hand pushed him that it would make ESPN so it stuck in my mind.
So for all the morons, like I've been telling you for years, the Dude can D-up so stop extrapolating from these silly ESPN outtakes of the Kings Hand pushing him to a close-out. That year, he was a plus Defender and what they won't show you on the highlights is two out of three plays before that "close-out" push, LBJ had a hand in creating two turnovers. I believe that was the game because I knew once the Kings Hand pushed him that it would make ESPN so it stuck in my mind.